Legal Opinion
County of Cook v. Lynch
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 1, 1982No. 81 C 5985PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
DECKER, District Judge.
Defendants, Joan Lynch (“Lynch”) and Donald Erskine (“Erskine”) were convicted, for their participation in a conspiracy to obtain fraudulent real estate tax assessment reductions through bribery of officials of the Cook County Board of (tax) Appeals, of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d). In Count I of this civil action, plaintiff County of Cook (“the County”), as a “person injured in his business or property” by the conspiracy, seeks treble damages from defendants Lynch and Erskine…
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